Wyoming State Muzzle Loaders

2006 State Bench Rest Match

Casper, Wyoming

 The Platte Valley Muzzle Loaders hosted the 2006 muzzle loading bench rest match at the Stuckenhoff Shooters Complex in Casper on June 10-11. We had 16 shooters compete at the various targets and aggregate.

 The weather was mostly cooperative with gusty winds on Saturday but near calm on Sunday. Temperatures were quite pleasant for the beginning of June. We shot from a covered firing line with a building at our back from concrete benches. There wasn’t anything to complain about at the firing line, we could save all comments for the downrange performance on our targets.

 Aggregate

50 yard 6 bull                        Jake Jacobsen 43                  Bryan Youngberg 40

75 yard musket target          Misfire  45                             Bryan Youngberg 44

100 yard single bull              Bryan Youngberg 44           Jake Jacobsen 41

200 yard bull                         Ed Green 36                           Ned Dunn 29

 Aggregate winner Ned Dunn 147

 Ned shot consistently through the targets so his aggregate easily topped those of us that fell apart on one target or another. 200 yards with a twitchy wind can certainly give you a lesson in humility.

 Re-entry targets

50 yard 6 bull                        Dave Hein 46

75 yard bull                           Ned Dunn 44

100 yard bull                         Jake Jacobsen 44

200 yard bull                         John Brooker 19

50 yard pistol                        Ned Dunn 89x

 WSMLA traveling trophy Dave Hein 48x

 We also had a re-entry Schuetzen match. We shot the WSU Schuetzen targets at 50 and 100 yards. Each target was 10 shots for score on the traditional targets (25 ring). 50 yards was shot off hand and 100 yard was shot from the bench. We had 10 shooters buy one or more targets in these matches. After it was all over, everyone had a good time and would like to shoot it again next year.

 50 yard Schuetzen (off hand)             Jake Jacobsen 236

100 yard Schuetzen (bench)               Dave Hein 219

 A big thank you to everyone who came down to the match and to the folks that organized it and put it on. We will do it again early June in 2007. This isn’t a hard game to play, use your regular off hand rifle, and support the forestock on sandbags. Tuck the rifle into your shoulder, aim, shoot, whine and snivel, repeat. Recoil pads are handy, we don’t permit spotting scopes or the like, and use a patched round ball.